My Mission--August 2013

I had to walk across Temple Square to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, so I grabbed my camera and snapped some pictures!

They were already starting to put up Christmas lights! 

The Joseph Smith Memorial Building, I have such fond and sweet memories of this building.  The first two weeks of my mission was training everyday in this beautiful building.  There is always a architectural treasure hiding in plain sight somewhere!

So many beautiful flowers!

Pain & Sufferin'

Selling the pain & sufferin'

I bought it to help ease my pain and sufferin'.  

I bought it because I needed

 to be safe on the rode and I needed a worry-free vehicle.

Oh yeah, I got lost in the heated, adjustable seats that hugged me every time I got in.  I drove sporty.  I talked on the Bluetooth, jammed to the stereo system, and depended on the navigation system!

Each person who looked at the Beamer with envy, I would quickly remind them of the price---my husband's life.  

Envy, immediately gone!

Unfortunately, the plan I had for the car was not the reality and the worry-free car began to worry me.  No longer fitting into my plan, it was time to trade in "my pain & sufferin'".  Surprisingly, it was easy, because I am no longer where I was and I am in a new place.  Moving on and moving forward...healing...

HaPPy Birthday

Yes, I am a little late on the posting, but I had to share! 
Kaylene & Andrew bought me a pinata and all of the kids had a blast!  It was very fun watching the big kids try and break it and the little ones try and figure out why!

 Joseph had a blast!  He loved it before he knew there was candy inside!

Now, why would I wanna hit it? Adam was so adorable all weekend!

The audience!


Thank you again Kaylene & Andrew!

Say Cheese. . .

So, this is what it is like getting ALL my grandchildren to take a picture 

with great-grandma & grandpa Roberts. . .

It was a beautiful Sunday dinner!  

Grandpa Roberts cooked Chinese food and we all ate it!

Thank you Dad & Joan!

Quote

"And I have chosen to get out of bed each morning despite believing that the last morning that mattered had already happened."

Sometimes I cannot say what has already been said, any better!  Sometimes I cannot relate what I feel, any better than what someone else has already stated.  

Source:
Jackie Friday, October 22, 2010
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My Mission-July 2013

Cabinet drawers of films.

 This is half of one aisle of films!

 

Here is what each drawer is full of---many films!

Random picture of the back of the log cabin next to the Library!

Through family history we discover the most beautiful tree in the forest of creation--our family tree.  Its numerous roots reach back through history, and its branches extend throughout eternity.  Family history is the expansive expression of eternal love.  It is born of selflessness.  It provides opportunity to secure the family unit forever.  

(Ensign, May 1989, pg. 60)







Why do I have this inherent need to do this work?
Why have I been given this opportunity to do this work?
Why am I so drawn to this work?

Here is why I believe I have been blessed by my Heavenly Father.  

Without doing  family history work and genealogy, I would not understand and appreciate family.  I would not comprehend how valuable family is.  I would not have the vision of what family can and should be.

My family has been poisoned, and because of that I never really knew "love and family" until I married Joe and we had our family.

Now, as I currently walk down the road of life, and family gets complicated because of the poison of the past, I can look at my children and know the importance of my family and the future, and as I research I can look at the importance of family as a foundation.

That all comes from family history work, not because of the example that was set or the actions of family members today.

Grateful for Love

No words.

Just love.

So thankful...